E' stata rilasciata ieri la versione 3.08 beta di Paint.NET. Si tratta essenzialmente di una bug-fixing release: Fixed: Pasting an image from Office 2003 applications now works (e.g. Excel 2003 graphs). Fixed: Some dialogs were not indicating which command button was the default. These buttons now have a highlight to indicate which one will be activated if the user presses Enter or Space. Fixed: Some minor keyboard navigation issues with task dialogs Fixed: Performance issue with the File->Acquire submenu taking a long time to appear Fixed: Window activation issue when the Print wizard was finished...

If you have a legit copy of Win Server 2003, XP or Vista you can now download a 30 day evaluation copy of Vista Enterprise in VHD format. L'annuncio viene dato in questo post, in cui è riportato anche il link per il download.

Create cool software and/or hardware add-ins for Windows Home Server, to simplify the digital lifestyles of families everywhere—or just to geek out. We are looking for creative use of a server as a platform, as well as useful, cool, easy-to-use, and solidly performing value-adds to Windows Home Server. Il primo premio è di 10.000 dollari. Per tutti i finalisti è previsto un viaggio a Redmond per presentare il proprio add-in. Maggiori informazioni sull'iniziativa sono disponibili alla pagina http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/partners/challenge.mspx.

It's my pleasure to introduce the first "production" of one of my developer songs, which I've also sung at the awesome DevTeach conference. The song talks about my experiences working with a database on a project not too long ago.. I hope you find it... familiar. La canzone si intitola It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases. Se siete interessati, incuriositi o... Preoccupati per dove può portare il lavoro da informatico, scaricatela da questo post.

Frank Koch has written a Windows PowerShell book and made it available for FREE download HERE. The subtitle is "An introduction to scripting technologies for people with no real background knowledge". In questo post viene riportato l'indice analitico del libro. Non poteva mancare un capitolo che mostra come lavorare con oggetti .NET .

At last year's Mix event, Microsoft suggested that IE would be refreshed every 12 to 18 months. However, Wilson [Microsoft's platform architect for Internet Explorer] said that every two years would be more likely. [...] Two years from IE 7's October 2006 release would put IE 8 on track to appear in the fall of 2008.
Questo è quanto si legge in un articolo apparso due giorni fa su Computer World. Un po' di scetticismo è d'obbligo, considerando che tra IE6 e IE7 sono passati più di 5 anni... Staseremo a vedere

Come si legge qui, è stato recentemente rilasciato un aggiornamento per il Windows Vista Media Center SDK: Added several previously standalone MSDN technical articles and blog posts to the help documentation CHM file The MCML Preview Tool Launcher power toy is now included as part of the SDK installation process. If you previously had the standalone MCML Preview Tool Launcher power toy installed on your system, the new version of the SDK will automatically upgrade it Modified the Q and Z setup projects to use WiX v3.0 instead of WiX v2.0 Added an additional shortcut for the...

Giornata ricca di annunci... Ora è la volta di ASP.NET Futures: The Microsoft ASP.NET Futures May 2007 (“Futures”) release contains an early developer preview of features providing a wide range of new functionality for both ASP.NET and Silverlight™. The functionality in the Futures release includes early experimental versions of features currently being considered for future versions of ASP.NET and the .NET Framework. The Futures releases assume prior knowledge of the core features of ASP.NET including the previous ASP.NET AJAX Futures January CTP. Features in this release include ASP.NET Silverlight server controls, new functionality for ASP.NET AJAX Extensions, dynamic data...

The Microsoft Codename "Astoria" CTP toolkit enables developers to create and consume Data Services for the Web. These services expose application data over a simple HTTP interface that can be consumed by AJAX-based web sites and Rich Interactive Applications. [...] The goal of Microsoft Codename Astoria is to enable applications to expose data as a data service that can be consumed by web clients within corporate networks and across the internet. The data service is reachable over regular HTTP requests, and standard HTTP verbs such as GET, POST, PUT and DELETE are used to perform operations against the service....